Support for hoisting devices.



No. 810,274. PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

- L. GREENKY.

SUPPORT FOR HOISTING DEVICES.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 14, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1906.

Application filed October 14, 1905. Serial No. 282,766.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS GREENKY, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of thecity of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Support for HoistingDevices, of

which the following 1s a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to hoisting devices used on buildings for hoistingsafes, pianos, furniture, and other heavy articles at the outside of thebuilding.

The object of the invention is new and improved support for vices,arranged to form a permanent part of the building, to permit convenientattachment and support of the hoisting-tackle employed for hoistingpianos, safes, furniture. and other heavy articles up to a Window andthrough the same into a room of the building, and also for use bypainters and other mechanics for supporting scaffolds, &c.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of theinvention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement as applied.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, parts being broken out. Fig. 3 is anenlarged cross-section of the improvement on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the shoe for the outer end of thehook-bar; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the chair for one of theroofbeams provided with sockets for the braces of the hook-bar.

The hook-bar A of the supporting device is preferably made of metal andis formed at its outer end into a hook A for receiving and supporting ahoisting-tackle, and the inner end of the said hook-bar is in the shapeof a fork, the members A of which are fastened by bolts B to a roof-beamC of the building, the roof-beams resting on the usual front wall D ofthe building. The roof-beam G, between the roof-beams C, is providedwith a chair E, resting on the wall D and formed to provide a hoistingde-- with sockets E E for receiving the lower ends of braces F F,provided at their upper ends with shoes G and G for supporting thehook-bar A at points adjacent to the hook A and at the beginning of thefork, as plainly illustrated in Fig. 1. The hook-bar A is inclinedupwardly and outwardly from the shoe to the hook A, and the latterprojects through the upper end of the cornice H, so that only the hook Ais visible, and consequently the-device does not mar the appearance ofthe building on which it is used. As shown in Fig. 1, the hook-bar A,except the 5 hook A, is covered by the roof-covering I, so as to keepthe hook-bar well protected against rain, snow, and the like.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the supporting device for thetackle or other 7 hoisting device forms a permanent fixture of thebuilding, and hence is at all times in proper position to enablemechanics or other persons to conveniently connect the hoistingtacklewith the hook A with a view to hoist safes, pianos, furniture, and otherheavy articles at the outside of the building to a window, through whichthe article is passed to a room within the building.

By constructing the device in the manner described absolute safety isobtained, as the hook-bar is strongly supported by the braces and by itsconnection with the roof-beams.

The device is very simple and durable in construction, can be cheaplymanufactured, 5 and readily fastened in place at the time the buildingis being completed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A hoist-supporting device for buildings, 9comprising a hook-bar, and means for permanently securing the hook-barto the building at the roof thereof, the hook of the said hook-barprojecting through the cornice of the building.

2. A hoist-supporting device for buildings, comprising a hook-bar havingits outer end terminating in a hook and having its inner end forked andsecured to roof-beams, the hook projecting beyond the face of thecornice 100 of the building, a roof-beam chair and braces seated in thesockets formed therein.

3. A hoist-supporting device for buildings, comprising a hook-bar havingits outer end terminating in a hook and having its inner find forked andsecurgdhto roof -bleams, the

00k projectingbeyon t e face of t e cornice of the building, a roof-beamchair and braces LOUIS (TREENKY 5 seated in the sockets formed therein,each Witnesses:

brace havinga shoe for the hook-bar to rest on. THEO. Go HOSTER, Intestimony whereofIhave signed my name i J NO. M. BITTER.

to this specification in the presence of two subscrlbmg Witnesses.

